瘤牛

Chinese

		tumor	ox; cow; bull
simp. and trad. (瘤牛)		瘤	牛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liúniú

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liúniú
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lióunióu
  - Wade–Giles: liu²-niu²
  - Yale: lyóu-nyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouniou
  - Palladius: люню (ljunju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljoʊ̯³⁵ njoʊ̯³⁵/

Noun

瘤牛

zebu (domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瘤	牛
こぶ Hyōgaiji	うし Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 瘤 (kobu, “hump”) +‎ 牛 (ushi, “ox”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) こぶうし [kòbúꜜùshì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞bɯ̟ᵝɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

瘤(こぶ)牛(うし) • (kobuushi)

zebu

Synonyms

犎牛(ほうぎゅう) (hōgyū), インド牛(うし) (indoushi), ゼブ (zebu)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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